Notion Ink’s Official blog has a bit more info. From a blog post written a month ago, Rohan Shravan (founder of Notion Ink), writes some interesting comments, noting that “We are on track inch, and also saying that Notion Ink has been evaluating a difference platform which is “proving to be extremely efficient on battery and much cheaper as well inch. Shravan also says that there may be a choice between this new platform and the Tegra 2 platform which has already been revealed to be powering the Adam. It’s very interesting that he mentions that a new platform is being evaluated as it makes it apparent that the Adam is not as far in the development process as everyone had been hoping.
In the same post, Shravan notes that Notion Ink has closed the final round of funding and are now “in perfect sync with our investors inch. He also says that they are expecting sales of 100,000 devices per month which would equate to $350 million dollars of revenue in the first year, according to Shravan. Using those figures, the estimated cost of the Adam would be approximately $291 which would be a very reasonable price if the Adam can deliver everything that it’s promising.
In another post, written just two days ago, Shravan writes to tell us that Notion Ink’s upcoming app development contest and app store have been tested for scalability, and that a developer forum would be put in place soon.
I’ve extended an offer to Notion Ink to fill us in on any additional details or updates that they may have with regard to the development of the Adam and will update this post if we hear back from them. If you are interested in the Adam, stay tuned, we’ll continue to follow the development of this device and will be tracking it on the Notion Ink Adam tracking page in the portal.
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sounds to me like nvidia and pixel qi have delivery problems.
Pixel qi has already sold screens for replacements on laptops. Notion is being very difficult to talk to about anything lately. They have an official Facebook page that is only updating with Ipad jokes and fan count statuses. I’ll be honest, I want this device, I will probably do back flips when I hear it’s been released, but I don’t see anything that says they can deliver it any time this summer and Christmas is looking weak. All I want is some news, something from them, an interview, a statement, something…
If you DO end up doing backflips, please put a video on YouTube! I’ll let you guys know if they respond to my inquiry. I just hope this thing doesn’t end up going the way of the Joojoo, but I think there is a high likelyhood of that for a device from a startup company.
To waiting; exactly! I would only add from my experience:
1) PixelQi lady when asked about NotionInk as a OEM/consumer for her screens went completely blank, and stays so since Feb. Alright, that PixelQi might turn out even more weird and doomed startup than NotionInk itself. When asked about DIY kits she told a lie like kits will contain only PixelQi layers to add to the customer’s existing screen. The whole OLPC group where she came from is a bunch of sad clowns (I translate OLPC as “No Child’s Behind Left”, and it’s not only me who thinks so, lol)
2) Notion Ink has lost its Android developers back in Feb and accordingly stopped showing up at major technology exhibitions since. The reason is like there’s nothing to show better than, say, the same Indian Compal across their street in Haiderabad can show. Which is nothing. Their only hope Google will take them as a prototype. Now, Google is well known by throwing huge money to the wind (Orkut, Wave, etc.) but hardly this trick will work for a sheer non-performance of NI.
To Benz: Back in Jan-Feb, I’ve got into some sort of correspondence with Rohan. Aborted it after an exchange of 2-3 messages, as useless waste of time: not a single bit of useful information, just some unintelligible Indian chanting developing into a serious case of mass hysteria. A sample, a letter from Rohan (together with my own leter musings of what tablet computing should look like — unfinished) is in my blog.
Moreover, I suspect that when and if PixelQi screens will become really available, NI will be last in line to get them. The same applies to Tegra 250 boards — even if they have nVidia fab for these right across street…. Oh shoot! they (NI) are not in Haiderabad now, they moved to Bangalore… whatever.
I’d rather put a tab and keep looking for Liquavista developments. Those are serious people with much, much less chanting.
I thought when I first saw pictures of the inside of the Adam that it wasn’t ready for production – it was simply the Nvidia Tegra 2 development board mounted in the enclosure with a Pixel Qi display…
For a small company to take that and produce a robust production device takes either a lot of time (making them miss the launch window) or money.
Having said that, I’m still looking forward to this device – unless a 7″ Tegra 2 unit becomes available before hand!
http://www.marvell.com/company/news/press_detail.html?releaseID=1418
The Marvell OLPC platform at $100.00 is going to Whack profit margins
of other players. Still, their close relationship with pixel Qi, which
spun off from OLPC, might give them an edge on collaboration to “brand”
the OLPC unit as an ADAM II. (can anyone make money at those price points?)